ROUSE, v.t. rouz. [This word, written also arouse, seems to belong to the family of raise or rush. See Raise.] 1. To wake from sleep or repose. Gen. 49.2. To excite to thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity or inattention.3. To put into action; to agitate.Blust'ring winds that rous'd the sea.4. To drive a beast from his den or place of rest.ROUSE, v.i. 1. To awake from sleep or repose.Morpheus rouses from his bed.2. To be excited to thought or action from a state of indolence, sluggishness, languor or inattention.ROUSE, v.i. In seamen's language, to pull together upon a cable, &c. without the assistance of tackles or other mechanical power. ROUSE, n. rouz. A full glass of liquor; a bumper in honor of a health. Obs.
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